Label-affixer.



VNfRfSTEARNVS & A. H.-N|cDERMOTT. LABEL AFFIXER.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.29, 1915.

1 ,203,660. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

WORTH R. STEAK/NS AND ALBERT H. MCDERMOTT, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

LABEL-AFFIXER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, l/VoR'ri-i R. STEARNS and ALBERT H. MCDERMOTT, citizens of the TJnited States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-AifiXei-s, the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to appliances for pasting labels on boxes and other containers,

and its object is to provide a novel and which is eiiicient and rapid in operation,

and simple and inexpensive in construction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will loe pointed out in the detailed description appearing hereinafter, and in order that the same may be better under bars 10 havingV at one end upstanding arms or branches 12 which slant rearward to overhang the bars 10.

arms 12 are provided with a crosshandle 13,

and the rear ends of the bars 10 are also equipped with a cross handle 111. By, means of these two handles the device is grasped l and operated. Adjacent to the handle le, between the bars 10, is mounted a roll 15 of labels, the same being positioned on a spindle 16 extending between and carried by the bars 10. Between the forward ends of the bars 10 is mounted a label-aliixing roller 17, and operating in conjunction with the latter is a spring-pressed tension roller 18.

rlihe shaft 19 of the roller 17 is supported by the bars 10, and on said shaft are pivoted two laterally spaced arms 2O which carry the roller 18, the shaft 21 of said roller being supported by said arms and extending therebetween. The object of' the pivoted support for the roller 18 is to allow the same to be swung down in front of the roller 17, as shown dotted in Fig. 1, for a purpose to be presently described. From the arms 20 extend curved branches 22 having slots 23 to receive bolts 24 carried by the arms 12,

Specication of Letters Patent,

of which im-` proved hand-operated device of this kind' The outer ends of the n f and by means of Wing nuts 25,A

Patented Nov. 1916.

serial No. 58,583.

screwed on said bolts, the arms 20 are locked te hold the roller 18 in operative position.

Between the arms 12 is mounted a cylindrical paste reservoir 26 positioned horizontally and transversely. |The top of the res ervoir has av filler nipple 27 provided with a rlhe reservoir is stationary, and through the center thereof passes suitable closure.

a shaft 28 which is journaled in the arms 12,

Vone end of the shaft having a crank handle YInside the reserif'oir 26, the shaft 28 carries Aagitators for stirring the paste when necessary. rlfhese agitators are wooden blades 30 extending in the direction of the length of the reservoir, and carried by radial arms 31 -fiXed on the shaft, the blades being positioned near the inner periphery of the reservoir.

At the bottom of the reservoir 26, in the vertical center thereof, is a gutter 32 eX- tending in the direction ofthe length of the reservoir, and having a longitudinal outlet slot 33.' 0n the outside of the gutter, over the slot, are slidablymounted covers 311,by means of which latter more or less of the slot may be covered, so that the outlet may be adjusted to thev width of the labels to be affixed.

The paste is preferably forced from the reservoir 2 6 by air pressure, a pump 35 being carried by the latterl and arranged to discharge thereinto. After putting suiiicient air pressure into the reservoir, the paste is -forced therefrom through the. outlet slot 33. y

The roll 15 is engaged by a spring-actuated presser bar 36 carried by the frame bars 10, said presser bar serving to prevent a bar 37 projecting from the front end of z the bar v10, so that it may be placed against the side of the boX adjacent to the side on which the label is to be pasted. The gage bar has a longitudinal slot 38 to clear the shaft 19, and it is adjustably clamped to the bar 10 by a wing nut 39 screwed on a bolt 40 carried by said bar and passing through the slot. The outer end of the gage bar has a roller 41 which runs on the side of the -lQOXt which guides the device.

Y the box b y 'in front oi" the tions, so that In operation, the roll 15 being in place, the strip of labels is carried forward under the outlet slot 33 of the paste reservoir 2G, and drawn between the rollers 17 and 18, with enough of the first label projecting from the rollersoV that it may be placed on the box or other container shown at 42 in Fig. l. Paste is applied to the label strip through the slot 33, the reservoir being pumped up toforoe out the paste, as hereinbefore described. rllhe label isY aliixed to an upward stroke of the device, and byrpressing the label to the bex by the roller 17. Ars the roller 17 on the box, the strip of labels is drawn forward oft the roll 15, and when the neXt label to be aliKed has passedjiar enough between the rollers 17 and 18, the aliixed label is torn oQ the strip, leavingl enough ofthe next label projecting from the rollers so that it may be aliXed to the next box. The labels are preferably separated by'rows oi perforathey may be readily torn oil.

llVhenei-'er necessary, the' paste in the reservoir 26 can be stirred up by turning the crank handle 29.

lll/hen the deviceV is to be used for applying labels to horizontal surfaces, the roller 18 is swtmg down infront of the roller 17, as shown dotted in Fig. 1Q Y One oi" the objects of the invention is to enable the device to alix labels to horizontal, as well as to yertical surfaces, and to start the labelunder the roller 17 when applying labels to horizontal surfaces, itis necessary to swing the roller 18 down as described.

ln the construction Vot smaller machines,

such as would be used for labels up to, say four. inches wide, the modiiied handle structure shown dotted at 18 in Fig. 1 may be used.

-Various other changes and modifications in the structure may also be made without a departure from the spirit Aand scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

We claim: Y

1. A label ailixerrcomprising a supporting frame, a label roll support, an aliXing roller roll support, a paste reservoir between said'support and roller, and having travels upward.

' having upstandine;`

The device can be used for applying wall an outlet across which the label strip travels, a tension roller opposite the ai'HXing roller, between which rollers the label strip passes, and a pivoted support for the tension roller.

2. A label alliXer comprising a supporting frame, a label roll support, an alixing roller in front of the roll support, a paste reservoir between said support and roller, and having an outlet across which the label strip travels, a tension roller opposite the allixing roller, between which rollers the label strip passes, a pivoted. support for the tension roller, and means for locking said support to the sup porting frame.

3. A label aiiixer comprising a supporting frame, a label roll support, an affix g in front of the roll support, a paste reservoir 'between said supnort and roller. and an edge-guided gage bar extending forward from the supporting iframe.

l. A label alliXer comprising a supporting frame consisting of laterally spaced bars arms at their ,forw 'al ends, said arms being inclined rearward, handles carriedby the rear ends of the ba rs and the arms, a paste reservoir supported between the arms and having a bottom outlet, a label roll support supported between the rear ends ol the bars, and an ailixing roller supported between the front ends olf lthe bars, the reservoirroutlet being located between saidroller and the roll support.

5. A label aliXer comprising a supporting frame consisting of laterally spaced bars having upstanding arms at their forward ends., said,y arms being' inclined rearward, handles carried by the rear ends of the bars and the arms, a paste reservoir supported between the arms and having a bottom outlet, a label roll support mounted between the front ends ol the bars, an allixing roller between the front ends of the bars, .a shaft supporting said roller and carried by the bars, arms pivoted on said shaft, a tension roller carried by .said .arms and located opposite the alixing roller, and means for locking the arms which carry the tension roller.

In testimony whereof we allix our signa tures in the presence of two witnesses. VVURTH R. STEARNS.

Y ALBERT H. ivcleDERlslOT'l.

lVitnesses z CHA-s. McCoy,

'MILLER J. Snarrmz.

Copies of this patent 'may be obtalned'for ve cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

' 'Washingtoin D. C.- 

